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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Dans le silence
Language: French (Français) 
Dans le silence
Le bateau dort
Et bord sur bord
Il se balance.

Seul à l'avant
Un petit mousse
D'une voix douce
Siffle le vent.

Au couchant pâle
Et violet
Flotte un reflet
Dernier d'opale.

Sur les flots verts,
Par la soirée
Rose et moirée
Déjà couverts,

Sa lueur joue,
Comme un baiser
Vient se poser
Sur une joue.

Puis, brusquement,
Il fuit, s'efface,
Et sur la face
Du firmament,

Dans l'ombre claire,
On ne voit plus
Que le reflux
Crépusculaire.

Les flots déteints
Ont, sous la brise,
La couleur grise
Des vieux étains.

Alors la veuve
Aux noirs cheveux
Se dit: "Je veux
Faire l'épreuve

De mes écrins
Dans cette glace."
Et la Nuit place
Parmi ses crins,

Sous ses longs voiles
Aux plis dormants,
Les diamants
De ses étoiles.

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•   A. Flégier 

A. Flégier sets stanzas 1-3, 8-11

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Oceano nox", written 1886, appears in La Mer, in 3. Marines, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Oceano nox", op. 44 no. 18 (1890) [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Poèmes de Jean Richepin, no. 18, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Désiré Hippolyte Dihau (1833 - 1909), "Océano Nox", subtitle: "Nuit en mer (Cantilène)", published [1886] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Bathlot et Héraud [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "Au crépuscule", subtitle: "Barcarolle", published [1893], stanzas 1-3,8-11 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 11, Éd. Émile Gallet; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 44
Word count: 131

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